The Sun. — London, England, 1864-06-09 00:00:00

THE CIVIL ;RICA, /From tit& 21mes Correspondent.) NEIN' YORK, May 27. The half truths coley eyed in Mr. Stanton's official telegrams from AV eshini;ton and the tress exagge rations or wilful falsehoods of the non-official despatches that daily pour into New York from Philadelphia, B tltimot e, an d W ashington are so unsatisfactory in the. one case and so deceitful in the other that people have ceased to believe either in victory or defeat until the full circum stances are detail ed in the regular correspondence of the newspapers. Thus, on Wednesday, after the departure of the European steamer, no one be lieved on telegraphic authority that Grant had stolen a march upon. Lee, outflanked his army, and compelled him to make a disastrous retreat upon Richmond ; tb ough these assertions wero made in extra editions of most of the morning and. evening journals, and were vociferated through tae streets by the stentorian newsboys whom Ireland furnishes to America in never-failing nursabers. Yesterday the facts bicame somewhat less cenfused, and to-day the public learns that, althou'Ah Lee has abandoned Spottsylvania Court-house, it was net because of any movement Grant had made to compel him to do so; that the Southern army had been falling back to the stronger lines betweeen the North and South Anna for 24 hours before Grant was aware of Lee's strategy; that Gra - at followed, but was compelled by the utter exhaustion of his troops to give them a day's rest midway between Lee's old and new positions ; that Lee will fight in the place he has chosen ; that he has been reinforced both by Beauregard and Breckenridge,; and th a t if defeated, or compelled to retire towards Ri c h mond, he will still have the means to contest the ground in a long series of battle-fields, before finally intrenching him self in. the Confederate capital, whereas Grant, if de feated, will run the risk of seqing himself cut off from his communications witie Washington, if he do not make his escape by his gunboats, or be otherwise placed in a precarious or untenable posie tion. Such, shorn of all sub't.erfuge and mystifica tion, appeared to be the state of affairs up to a late hour this evening. During the whole of 3 esterday a violent storm of wind and rain raged in this city, and as it came upon us from the south, and pro. bably extended to Virginia, Grant may have found it expedient to extend his period of repose, from the sheer impossibility of advancing through the mud. That such is Mr. Stanton's belief is es ident from his latest despatches, in which he informs the public that two or three days will elapse before any further news can be expected from the Army of the Potomac. It is declared by the Government—and there is every reason to believe the statement to be true-- that Grant's army at this moment, when it is about to enter upon its second series of battles, is as strong and efficient as when it crossed the Rapidan on the 2d instant; that, 'whatever the number of killed, wounded, and missing me.y be in the bloody battles of the Wilderness and Spottsy lvania, the number has been supplied by reinforcements. But as no account has ever yet been pub lished of the exact numerical force of the Army of the Potomac when it commenced this critical campaign, the following estimate, derived from an authority not likely to be misinformed or self-deceived, may be found of interest. It may at the same time be depended upon as being as nearly accurate as it is possible to make it :—The main army on the 2d inst. was composed of 218,000 men, of whom more than half were veteran soldiers, in a high state of discipline and efficiency, and the remainder new Elect comparatively raw recruits, most of whom had never been under fire. To these are to be added 18,000 negroes, attached to Barn side's command, and 10,000 other negroes perform ing camp duty, ba". thoroughly armed and equipped. Butler's corps, operating from the Peninsula, and now all but hopelessly imprisoned in intrenchments of his own rearing, numbered 35,000 men, both white and black, Sigel's corps, constituting the ex treme right wing of Grant's army, operating in the valley of the Shenandoah, was 30,000 strong ; and the cavalry, under Kant; Sheridan, and others en , gaged in raids iu the rear of the Confederates, cut ting the railroads, and doing other damage to the communications of Gen. Lee with his bases of sups ply, num bared about 10,000_ These various items, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, and every arm known to military duty, made a grand total of 321,000 men. Thu Confederate force opposed to this mighty hest is not believed by those best acquainted with the resources of the South to amount to more than 170,000 men. Some estimates place the number at less than 100,000. Those who believe the higher number to be correct consider that Lee's main army is 115,000 strong; that Beauregard's command is 50,000, and Imboden's cavalry 5,000. This force, though inferior in number to Grant's, would be amply sufficient, considering its moral strength, as well as its superior knowledge of the ground, and, without disparagement of Grant's abilities, its supe rior generalship, not only to hold its own, but to gain the victory outside the walls of Richmond, The amount of the slain in the battles that commenced on the sth, and ended for a while on the 15th, will probably never be known, but that the atatement current last week, and for the publi cation of which the Baltimore Transcript was sup pressed, that the total losses were not far short of 70,000, was not much if at all exaggerated may be surmised from the following authentic figures, made np to the 16th of this month, when the army rested from its labours, and its commander took advan tage of the state of the roads to recruit. On that day the number of wounded left under treatment at the temporary hospitals of Th o Wilderness and Chancellorsville was.... 2,100 At Fredericksburg, where ev ery house, as well as the pathways of the str eets were fu11.... 12,950 At Alexandria ............................ 2,000 AtWashington .......................... 12,150 At Georgetown At Baltimore a nd other cities northward 3,600 Total wounded 33 ,800 To thes e h ave to b e a dd e d the prisoners — amounting to about s,ooo—and the straggler s a n d deserters, probably to as many more. Adding all these together, the total loss to the main army of the Potomac, exclusive of the slain, will amount to 43,800. What the losses of Butler in the peninsula and Sigel in the Shenandoah Valley were in killed, wounded, and m issing have not been so closely esti mated ; bat it is conjectured that Butler's were about 8,000 and Sigel's 5,000, which if correct would sum up the whale loss, exclusive of the slain, to upwards of 56,000 men. From the obstinacy of the battles and from the spirit of both armies it is probable that the losses sustained by the Confederates were proportionately as large as those of the Federals. It is equallyprobable that in the conflict about to be renewed the massacre inflicted by each army upon the other will be as savage as before, and that Grant will neither over.. Whelm Lf e, nor Lee Grant, until 160,000 shall have been killed, wounded, or taken prisoners. Bat fright ful as this estimate is. no one in New York seems to be in the least astonished or shocked by it —not even the preachers of the Gospel of Peace, or the tender-hearted ladies who preside at sanitary fairs. There appears to be a horrible fascination to the mind of the Americans in the thought of the multi tudes who have perished, and must yet perish, before peace can be restored, if the y ht Judge b e y r the reckless nonchalance w Nvitho h n i:h ma under Grant is universally Which of, That such holocausts of slain are .possible i s considered as in some sort a proof of the greatness of the people, and of their infinite superiority to a ny other in the world. "The greater the debt, the greater the slaughter, the greater the fierceness of the contend ing hosts, the greater is our great country, Sir —a country that can affml to lose a million o f men and never feel the loss, Sir; and to owe four thousand millions of dollars and be none the worse, Sir ; a country, Sir, that will be reunited without a slave in it, Sir ; and that will send General Lee to drive the French and the Emperor Maximilian out of Mexico in less than six months, Sir ; and that will send General Grant to 'Montreal and Quebec and annex the whole of British North America, jest as soon as it is convenient —may be in three months, Sir ; and that is destined, by the blessing of the Lord, Sir, to whip all creation." Stich is the talk of thousands of New York heroes who have never smelt powder, except on the 4th of July; end such, with scarcely a change of phraseology, is the staple of hundreds of leading articles in hundreds of news papers throughout the North. This may be indomis table resolution, or the heroism that knows no such word as " fail," or it may be mere brag and bravado, born of conceit and emptiness; but it looks, to eyes that are not American, uncommonly like the pride which we are told, on the highest authority, goes before destruction, and the haughty spirit that precedes a fall. Mr. Lincoln's friends will not permit the deeds of the army wholly to divert the minds of the public from the Presidential election of November, and are taking every possible means to procure his nomina. lion as the candidate of the Republicans, at the great Convention of the party which is to assemble on the 7th of June at Baltimore. Every State in the Union is busy choosing its delegates to that body, and some States not in the Union will be as fully represented as those that are. Louisiana, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Virginia, and North and South Carolina, claim to be present. Tile two Carolinas have already chosen their representa tives; and as both of these States are in Confe. derate possession, except a few corners on the sea board, where the Federal armies and gun boats have effected a milit ary occupat i on, the Federal army and n avy , together with the camp followers, black and white, have constituted themselves into State Conventions, organised meetings, drawn up resolutions, carried them in the most approved fashion, and duly instructed the delegates so named to vote for Abraham Lincoln, and for none but him, at Baltimore. It is expected that upwards of 1,500 delegates will assemble, and that Mr. Lincoln's nomination is assured. It is not likely, however, that this result will be attained at Baltimore without a split in the party, and exceed ingly probable that the largest and most energetic section will muster strongly at Cleveland, and nominate either Gen. Fremont or Mr. Chase. The schism is keenly watched by the Democrats, who, if they keep well together, and agree upon one can didate, have a very good chance of winning the day by the weakness and divisions of their opponents. All doubt of the willingness of Governor Sey mour to try conclusions with the Government on its I right to supersede the law and the constitution of the State of New York has been removed by the publication of this letter to Mr. Oakley Hall, the district attorney of the county. The Governor affirms that "if" the offices of Journal of Commerce and the JJ'orld were entered by armed men, the property seized end held by violence for several days with out due legal process and without the sanction of State or national laws, the offenders must be pun ished. He directs the public prosecutor to look into the facts, and, if they be as stated, to prosecute the parties implicated, and to call upon the sheriff of the county and the heads of the police for any force or assistance he may need. It is to be regretted that Mr. Seymour did not confine himself to these in structions, and refrain from following them up by a long, vague, and rhetorical disquisition, fit only to be spoken in a debating Society, upon the bless. ings of liberty and the evils of arbitrary power. " For more than 80 years," says the Governor, "we as a people have been engaged in building up a universal faith in the sanctity of our jurispru dence. It is this which carries our commerce upon every ocean, and brings back to our merchants the wealth of every clime. In utter disregard of the sensitiveness of that faith at the moment when the national credit is undergoing a fearful trial, the organs of commerce are ee'zed and held in violation of constitutional pledges by military force and arbitrary orders. These things," he adds, are more hurtful to the national honour and strength than the loss of battles. The world would confound such acts with the principles of our Government, and the follies and crimes of officials will be looked upon as the natural result of the spirit of our in stitutions. Our State and local authorities must repel this ruinous inference. If the merchants of New York are not willin g :to have their harbour sealed up and their commerce paralysed, they must unite in this demand for the security of persons and property. If this is not done, the world will withdraw from their keeping its treasures and its commerce." Such phrases in a speech at a public meeting of sympathising Demo crats, or in the mouth of Mr. Oakey Hall, when arguing before the court on the necessity of calling General Dix to account for his actions, would be unobjectionable, if not wholly pertinent ; but in an official notification to legal functionaries, who ought to be supposed to need no lecture from the Governor or any one else, on such a subject, they suggest Buncombe and not business. The merchants of New York, instead of being convinced by the rea soning, have very generally laughed at it; while others, not merchants, who know the full impor• tance of the question, have a misgiving that the Governor's courage will never take any other shape than brave word, ; that he will bark, but not bite; and that nothing will come of Mr. Oakey Hall's in vestigations. It is possible, however, that such persons do the Governor injustice, and that he really means to force a decision from the State Courts on Mr. Lincoln's right to suppress a newspaper, either temporarily or permanently. It is obviously his duty to do so, irrespective of consequences. If his purpose should be de feated by the apathy of the people or their ac quiescence in wrong, by the timidity or ve nality of the Courts, or by the general belief that, although Mr. Lincoln may have usurped powers not belonging to him, it is better in a time of war to submit to encroachment than to weaken the hands of the Executive—the disgrace will not attach to his name. It seems clear, however, that if the Governor should zealously pursue this course he will have no great amount of popular sympathy to sustain him. The people have temporarily, per haps permanently, lost their love of liberty. War, paper money, and a lavish expenditure, have demo ralised them. An all-pervading thirst of public plunder leaves no room in their hearts for the nobler feelings that created and can alone maintain their Republican Government. Even the House of Re presentatives, where, if anywhere, some form of Protest against the arbitrary action of the President should have found an expression, refused to con sider the matter, or listen to a speech on a motion for inquiry. STATE OF TRADE. d emand for coal i s ra th er l ess thacnlThaPsirbFei jun ° d en the case latel quotatiuointerranean gh prices are firmly maintained—double -screened awtluathrtioraude is unsettled. Bars per ton, freo-on-board. The iron being Its to Ils 6d are quoted at ..£7 lOs ; Scotch 60s 6d open. The freights to th e ;r e t _! , 593 3d cash, and continue to increase, and the present are some of the highest which have ever been asked. intoe"thaseplaininthe amount LEICESTER, Bth.---There is a steady of business doing in the hosiery trade. goods continue in the demand, and the trad e generaanidi fancy a healthy condition. At Hinckley and _Yols in business is quiet. The wool-market is rath er easy, ""ur but ug still high prices are given. Yarns are very firm, and „ pizurra are well employed, prices ruling extremely high. There are no stocks of hosiery on hand. NOTTINGHAM, Bth.—There is a fair amount of business doing in silk Mechlins and quillings, and a slight improve. ment has taken place in the demand for black silk lace and narrow edgings. Mechlin quillings are in fair inquiry, but other kinds of cotton goods are a slow sale. In plain founda tion nets there is no improvement. All descriptions of both silk and cotton goods are light in stock, There has been some home and foreign buyers in the market this week, but their purchase, except for silk quillings and Mechlins, are not large. The hosiery trade is quiet, both as respects the home and export trade. Yarns hold firm, PRIZE DESIGNS,—"As affording the most striking con trast, Mr. Benson shows with these a fresh exhibition of modern watches, with cases made from prize designs at the South liensinzton Muteum, some of which are fine specimens of engraving. "—Times, Sept. 15, 1832. LAIVERTISEMENT.I—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills.— Outward Sores.— Daily experience confirms the fact, which has triumphed over opposition for 30 years, that no means are known equal to Holloway's remedies for curing bad legs, sores, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysipelas, ab • socsses, burns, scalds, and, in t ru th , a ll cases where the skin broken. To cure these infirmities quickly is of primary importance, or the compulsory confinement indoors weakens the general health. The ready means of cure are found in Holloway's ointment and pills, which heal the sores and expel their cause. In the very worst cases this ointment has succeeded in eff, s t i ng a perfect cure after every other means had failed of giving any relief, Deal:erste cases best display its virtues. SPORT, THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVE NING„JUNE 9, 1864. :GE NOE. ASCOT RACES. —WEDNESDAY. We did not think when despatching our parcel from :the course yesterday afternoon that we should have to en counter the terrible scene which met us at Egham station on our journey up to town. It was a sad termination:to a day's pleasure, the sight of pain and misery that it was impossible to alleviate, and produced an universal feeling of indignation at the'gross and apparently unaccountable care lessness by which the accident was caused. This is not the place, however, to discuss a subject which will have to undergo searching investigation at the proper tribunal, We took occasion to remark yesterday on the tedious delay that occurred in the racing, and what we must consider the injudicious crowding of the card. It should be known that the railway authorities have often expressed their fears that from the heavy pressure laid upon their resources, swing to the needlessly late hour at which the races terminate, some dreadful accident would some day take place. This morning there were but few traces of the event; the ladies were gay and smiling, and the gentlemen pursued their business avocations with as much zest as ever. The Visitors' Plate commanded little interest, and the same may be said of the Coronation and Derby Stakes that succeeded it. Nothing but the Hunt Cup goes down on the Wednesday, and speculation was busy on that, and that alone. Evelina was made first favourite, Beverley and Olivia being the only others at all in demand, though, of course, with such a field many long shots, which found ready takers, were made at outsiders. The result produced that disagreeable thing, "an objection," owing to the alleged foul riding of the jockey of the winner, Gem of the Sea, the fact being that both he and Crisis repeatedly " cannoned" against each other from sheer distress, and in that light we presume the Stewards viewed it, for the race watt awarded to Mr Longfield's horse. There was the usual large field, but not the usual amount of false starts, Mr M'George despatching them at the first attempt. The trophy this year, from a design of Mr. A J. Barrett and the manufactory of Hunt and Roskell, is a chased silver tazza, surmounted by a group of stags, and has a simplicity about it rather taking. The Twelfth Ascot Triennial brought out a very warm favourite from the Danebury stable in the Duke of Beau fort's Koenig, but good-looking colt though he was, "public form" vindicated itself in Tennyson, who appeared to have the race in hand from the start. The Three-year -old Bien nial produced a good race between the stable companions Baragah and Hollyfox, the former staying the longest and winning by half a length. The racing finished in a little better time than yesterday, but still three-quarters of an hour overdue. The Visitors' Plate of 100 Wye and 25 for the second horse (handicap). Once round and a distance. 19 subs. Mr Joyce's Jessie. 3 yrs, Est 71b (J, Grioashaw IMr H. Wilki nson ' s Old minster, 6 yrs, Bst 101b(Aldcroft) ) 2 Mr. H. Savile's Privateer, 3 yrs, Gat 131 b (Morgan) 3 The following also ran :—Bellman, Dunkeld, Amy, Bri tish Prince, Triumpher, Verger, and Netherdale. Betting -3 to 1 eget Privateer, 4to 1 agst Dunkeld, to 1 each agst Bellman and Jessie, and 7 to 1 aget Old minster, At the second attempt the lot were despatched in close company, British Prince, next the rails, having a trifle the best of the start, followed in the centre by Netherdale, Dunkeld, and Triumpher, close in whose track came Bell man and Privateer, Jessie and Oldminster acting as whippers-in. Rounding the top turn Privateer and Ver ger drew towards their horses, and as they descended the Swinley-hill they became third and fourth, which position they retained to the Brick Kilns, where they were joined by Jessie, Verger, and Bellman. The leading division ran in a body to the turn into the straight, where British Prince beat a retreat, and his place was taken for a few strides by Bellman, who was then headed by Dunkeld, who came on with a slight lead to the Old Stand, where Jessie headed him, and with Oldminster and Privateer, finished a fine race home, Grimshaw defeating Alderoft's splendid rush in the last stride by half a length; two lengths between the second and third; Verger was fourth, Bellman fifth, Dunkeld sixth, and Triumpher seventh; Netherdale, British Prince, and Amy were the last three. The Coronation Stakes of 100 cove each, h f, for 3-yr-old fillies, Set 101 b each. Winners extra. Maidens allowed 71b extra, One mile. 27 subs. Baron Rothschild's Breeze, Bst 101 b (W ells) 1 Lord Exeter' s A ur i cu l a, Bst 31b (J. Adams) 2 Mr Henry' s R ouge Cross, B,t 101 b (Goater) 3 The following also ran :—Menace, Merry Wife, and Gozza Ladra. Betting—s to 2on Breeze, and 7to I agst Merry Wife. Gazza Ladra, with a slight load of Merry Wife, made play to the road, when the pair joined, and in company round the bond into the straight, whore the favourite joined them, and on reaching the distance came away and won in a canter by a length and a half, Auricula defeating Rouge Cross by three lengths for second. The others beaten off. The Ascot Derby Stakes of 59 soya each, h:ft, for 3-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b, and fillies Bst Glb. Winners extra, Maidens allowed 71b. Swinley course. 19 subs. Mr Alexander's Peon, Bst 31b (E. Sharpe) 1 Baron Rothschild' s C a li sta colt, Bst 31b .. (Daley) 2 ' Lord Stamford's Alpheus, Bst 101 b (Perry) 3 Myrtilus also ran. Betting -6 to 4 aget the Calista colt, 2to 1 agst Alpheus, 4 to 1 agst Peon, and 6 to 1 agst Myrtiius. Myrtilus cut out the work at a slow pace, attended by the Calista colt and Alpheus, Peon laying off. In this order they ran until three quarters of a mile from home, where Calista colt drepped back, Myrtilus still going on with the running, until reaching the distance, where the three placed raced home together, Peon, who waited until opposite the stand, winning a good race by a head; Al pheus a bad third. The Royal Hunt Cup, a piece of plate value 200 sove, by subscription of 10 soya each, with 100 added ; for all ages (2-yr-olds excepted) ; winners extra. New mile. 92 subs. Mr Longfield's Gem of the Sea, 4 yrs, 7st 1016 Mr M (H. Grimshaw) l erry's Crisis, 3 y rs , 6 st 21b (G. Sopp) 2 Baron Rothschild's E ve li na, 3 yrs, Est (Carroll) 3 Mr Morri s ' s Balham, 6 yrs, 7 s t Illb ...... (1' French) 4 The fcllowin g a l so r an : —Saccharometer, Vivid, Index, Exchequer, Caiiz, Fiancee, Tattoo, Columbia, Welcome, Crochet horse, Gardener, Beverley, Tramps, Birdfinder, Turcos, Lustre, Canzonetto, Greenland, Oberon, Sequence, Mail Train, Amelia, Wine, Iphigenia, Sheridan, Castle Espie, Olivia, Lytham, Clairvoyante, and Bold Houghton. Betting-7 to 2 agst Evelina, Bto 1 each aget Olivia and Beverley, 12 to 1 each aget Turcos and Amelia, 100 to 8 agst Exchequer, 20 to 1 each aget Birdfinder and Gem of the ,Sea, 25 to 1 each agst Trumps, Saccharometer, and Cadiz, 33 to 1 each agst Vivid and Gardener, 40 to 1 each agst Odine, Lustre, and Oberon ; 50 to 1 each agst Sheri dan, Clairvoyante, and Sequence, To the no little gratification of the spectators, Mr M'George, seizing upon the first opportunity of getting his horses together, lowered his flag, and the 34 competitors left the post in a compact body, their colours as they came over the hill blazing under a brilliant sun. Oa reaching its summit, Clairvoyante on the far side was observed in the van closely followed on the same side by Evelina, Odine, Amelia, Trumps, Exchequer, and Lustre, and in the centre of the course by Gem of the Sea, Crisis, Saccharometer, Balham, and Sheridan ; the next division, who were widely spread as they crossed the road, being brought up by Canzenette, Tattoo, Gardene r , an d T ureos. As - ' s we could make out, th e l ea di ng di v i sion retations we have as s i gne d th em un til half-ws ...ye ied the positions a the hill, wh ere th e ne't „ ntnt f A me li a, who, despite etnistered t o h er prior to starting, ranks wer e thi nne d b y th e ret i r; the bottl e o f w hi s k y e a ss w i o h : nby awakening Clairvoyante, from S i a t c s e he ffa re ocints,eatenrd, w sh a u s t fo u l p lo t w ik e e d a iz o l o a w necer Odin e, ',and Lustre, which left the Baron's filly with a slight lett(l. Before, however, they reached the enclosure, she was smaded by Gem of the Sea and Crisis, who singled thtna selcns out in reaching the Stand, but being much distressed they repeatedly cannoned prior to reaching the chair, Gem of the Sea, however, passed the judge a neck in advance of Crisis, who was three lengths before the favourite, who finished a head in front of Balham, Clairvoyante fifth, Ex chequer sixth, Gardener seventh, Birdfinder eighth, with Amelia, Odine, and Olivia next, close up, a wide interval separating these from the pulling-up horses, the last of whom were Lytham, Cadiz, Seqaence, Saccharometer, Beverley, and Judex. On returning to scale an objection was made by Mr Merry to the winner, upon the ground of the foul riding of Grim shaw, which, after investigation by the stewards, was over ruled, and the Cup was awarded to Mr Longfield. The Fern Hill Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 2-yr-olds, 7st 21b ; and three, Pet ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. Cup Course post and run in, about half a mile. 26 subs. Marquis of Hastings' Attraction, 3 yrs, Bst lllb Mr Savile's La Mechante (Aldcroft) 1 , 2 yrs, 6st 131 b (M Mr Me rr y' s Meestiseirna filly, 2 yrs, 6st 131 b • (H. C organ) 2 ovey) 3 The following a l so ran :—Crytheia, Linda Vision, Brioche, , Faith, and Durham. Betting -3 to 1 eget Vision, 4to 1 each eget La Mechante and Attraction, 5 to 1 agst Crytheia, 10 to 1 eget Linda, and 100 to 8 each eget Mcestissima filly and Brioche. A long delay at the post wasoccasioned by Vision and the :Frenchman breaking away twice in su In ryiotchheeia wtuarentehdeatorewtaerwdsay:he Swing ccession Course,. and the was latter not stopped u nt i l he reached the foot of the hill. At starting Attraction, w h o, in nompanybuwtitarhas3iimr msaedviicaete,slyfillrya,decdambye o n in advance, and won very easily by four lengths ; a like distance separated the fourth, Visio n and s econd and thi r d ; D urham was sixth; Faith next Crytheia, aide by a id e, finished fifth and , and Brioche last. Ti..e First Year of the Twelfth Ascot Triennial Stakes of fillies , SOVB Bst each, withloothe owner of t added, for 2-yr-old s; co lt s Bst 71b; 41 h a awn equal to 10 per cent he se con d horse to receive , third to save his stake. on the wh o l e stake, and the 52 subs. Lord Coventry's Tennyson,, 88t 101 b ........ (J. Adams) 1 Duke of Beaufort's Romig, Bst 10lb ..... Fordern) 2 Baron Rothschild's Bloooming Heather tiny,, Bs(t Daley)4lb 3 Mr T. Valentine's Reginells, Sat 41b ...... (T. French) 4 Todleben, Elaine, King of Greece, Velocity, La Fortune, Arkansas, Night Watch, and Scylla also ran. Betting-. 7 to 4 on Koenig, 4 to 1 agst La Fortune, and 8 to 1 each agst Tennyson and Blooming Heather filly, After running a few strides, Tennyson on the right made the running, with Koenig on the oppoalte aide second, and the Blooming Heather filly and Scylla next, the last two being closely pressed by Arkansas and Roginella. On reach ing the stand Tennyson had disposed of his horses, and tdheweoenconvderayndeasilrby a length, th ree third, and a n ec k b e t ween La Fortu ne fif th, Arkansas sixth, next, the last t wo b e i ng Velocity and and a e hu n de m g tK e t h h ii o s rn n d s g e a p oa l a fn o r: G a e t ri fourth;eneagone Night Watch, A Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, 5 ft, with 50 added, for 3- yr•olds and upwards; weight for age. The winner to be sold for 200 soya. T•Y.C. 10 subs. Mr W. Nelson's Gamecock, 6 yrs, Bst 9lb (Cowley) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Deception, 4 yrs, Bst Gib (Goatee) 2 Mr Hod man's Hawkehaw, 3 yrs, ist 121 b.... (Perry) 3 Lord Westmoreland's Coeur de Leon, 3 yrs, 7st 121 b Mr Trench's Lapidist, 5 yrs, Bst 91b (Morgan) 4 (Challoner) 5 Mr Parker's Divertissement (Sc, to Farce), 3 yrs, 7st 91b (Adams) 6 Betting-7 to 4on Deception, sto 1 agst Lapidist, and 8 to 1 agst Gamecock. Gamecock in the centre made play, having the favourite on his left and Hawkshaw on the whip hand to the stand, where he quitted his horses without an effort, and won very easily by a length ; half a length between the second and third. Coeur de Leon was a bad fourth, Lapidist fifth, and Divertissement last, beaten off. The winner was claimed by Lord Westmoreland. The Second Year of the Sixth Aseot Biennial Stakes of 10 soya each, with 100 added, for 3-yr-olds, colts, Bst lelb, and fillies, Bst 61b. The owner of the second horse to receive 25 sovs, out of the stakes. Old mile. 63 subs. Mr Bowes's Baragah, Bst 10Ib (Ashmall) 1 Mr I'. Valentine's Hollyfox, Bst 10Ib (T. French) 2 Baron Rothschild's b f Tomato, Bat 61b.... (J. Osborne) 3 Mr Saville's Guerilla, Set 101 b (Aldcroft) 4 Mr W. Day's Historian, Bst 1 01 b (Goatee) 5 Mr E. Brayley's Outlaw, Bst 101 b (Cowley) 6 Betting-7 to 4 agst Tomato, 2to 1 agst Baragah, and 100 to 30 agst Historian. Outlaw made play to the turn, when he dropped back, and Hollyfox came on with a slight lead of Baragah and Tomato —the three ran abreast from this point to the lower end of the enclosure where the Baron's filly was disposed of, and Baragah, taking a olear lead, won cleverly by half a length. Tomato finished a bad third The others beaten off. A Plate of 100 soya added to a Sweepstakes of 6 soya each; for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Weight for age, with selling allowances. Half a mile, Mr Johnson's Antidote, 4 yrs, fist 91b (£100).... (Prior) 1 Lord Westmoreland's Wild Th yme , 3 yrs, Bst 21b (£100) (M Duke de Moray ' s Col um bi ne, 2 yrs (£100), 6sc or 61 g b an) 2 (Watkins) 3 The following also ran :—Romola, Lady Fanny, Tailor, William the Fourth, Voltiguer, Eudora, Belle of the Ball, Prime Minister colt. Betting-5 to 2 agst Wild Thyme, 4to 1 agst Tailor, and 6 to 1 agst Lady Fanny. The three placed ran in front throughout, Antidote having a shade the best of it to the end, and won cleverly by a neck ; a bad third ; the Chalice colt was a bad fourth, Tailor fifth, and illiamthe Fourth next. The others beaten off. The winner was claimed by Lord Weatmoreland, and Mr Fleming claimed the Chalice colt. Thn MAIDBX PLATS —Mr M 'George having complained of the following jockeys for disobeying orders at the post for the Maiden Plate on Tuesday :—viz,, Reeves, Lynch,, T. Adams, Bates, and Watkins, the Stewards ordered " That Reeves be suspended from riding till the First October Meeting at Newmarket; and Lynch, T. Adams, Bates, and 'Watkins till after the Goodwood Meeting. BEssßououoir, H. Rous, W. G. CrtAvhx. LATEST BETTING. TIM DERBY, 1865. 11 to I agst Liddington (taken) 18 to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken) 30 to 1 agat Bromiclaw (taken) 33 to 1 apt The Duke (taken) 33 to 1 agat Koenig (taken) 33 to 1 agat Christmas Carol (taken) 40 to 1 agst The Pherny colt Ascor RACES.—The Sporting Garette (limited) of Satur day next, June 11, will contain the best and fullest report of ASCOT RACeS, with exelus:vo particulars of the Cups and Two-year-old Races, and Remarks by "Bnlcox," All the SPORTING, AQUATIC, and CRICKET news of the week, & - c. Prico fourpence, stamped fivepence.—Office, 14, York-street, Covent -garden, W.C, The Alleged Deterioration in the Irish Breed of Horses, Wo have been favoured with the following correspon dence between Sir It. Peel and Admiral nous on this inte resting EUbjeCt Whitehall. June 3. My dear Adriiiral,—Pray excuse my troubling you, as a steward of the Jockey Club, and most deservedly ono of the highest authorities upon all questions affecting the character and quality of thoroughbred stock in the coun try,,with certain inquiries with a view to elicit an opinion from you as to the breeding of horses for racing purposes in Ireland, to which your attention has no noubt been directed, from the especial notice this subject has of late attracted in the eyes of the principal supporters and patrons of the turf in that country. That the breed et horses in Ireland has deteriorated is alleged to be an acknowledged fact, owing to the careless ness with regard to brood mares likely to produce superior stock, and to the dearth of good stallions, and it is a com plaint that Queen's Plates in Ireland are all won by Eng lish horses, while handicappi ng . is put forward as a very and the g rea t cause o f t h e b ad classbad principle o f horses in b racing, and bred, and it is urged that if, as formerly, in competition for Royal Plates in four mile heats, four-yr-old horses carried 10et 4eb, with a proportionate increase of weight for older horses, a great inducement would be given to breed and to keep horses of size and sub stance, and thus bring up our horses to that point of ex cellence which once made them the envy of Europe. Since 1674 or 5 Royal Plates have been run for on the Curragh, and so great was the interest attached to the en couragement to be given for the further improvement of fins breeds that it was proposed by Sir Win. Temple that "tor the honour of the winning horses, the Lord Lieutenant or his deputy should attend with two judges of the field to decide all controversies, and with the sound of the trumpet to de clare the winning horses (two plates being run for at the same meeting), the jockeys of which were permitted to ride from the fi e ld with the Lord Lieutenant, and dine with him on that day and there receive all the honours of the table." The Irish Government is now entrusted by the Treasury with the annual sum of nearly £1,600 for 15 Q u een's Plates to be run for in Ireland, and it rests with the Government to determine the weights a n d distance of her 31s,' , s Plate, to be duly reported to th e Treasury Lund, and I would more -whether yo u cou ld s uggest any pp. alteration in the *- turn of the special applicatio n o f the ' .e an official re particularly inquire of you are fo ~event c ustomary regulations, with whi n . ov n for competiti on f or t h ese P la t es, an d more .,.,- as the point has been raise-], I would put it to you, 41- though I do not suppose such a limitation would meet with your approval, whether you consider it advisable or expe dient to li m it th e entries for Queen's Plates in Ireland to Irish b re d h orses. The evlaule subject may be expected to give rise to debat e in the Rouse of Commons upon Class 11. of the es ti ma t es early next week; and I should be very glad to h ave it i n my power to give the cow bene fit of your v i ews en a matter which unquestionably involv es c ommittee the considerations of nat i onal importance,— l sm , my d ear Ad mired, yours very truly, ROBERT PBEL, Admiral the Hon. R. Rous. 13, Berkeley-square, June 4. My dear Peel,—l have received your letter on the sub ject of the deterioration of horses in Ireland, which has been represento-1 to you by the patrons of the Irish turf as an acknowledged fact. Nothing can be more fallacious than their statement. If these gentlemen sell every first class stallion, every supe rior mare, and every promising young horse, it is not sur prising that they have nothing left to compete with the third class of race horses sent from England to pick up their Royal Plates. When the se patrons, instea d o f t r ying to d eprec i ate their own stock, w ill go to the expense of buying good stallions for the benefit of their tenants at a reasonable fee, when by private subscriptions they collect tempting prizes to be contended for by Irish horses, they will succe.d in the object required. No country can compete with the limestone pasturage of Ireland (e s p ec i ally Kildare) for b ree di ng th e b est horses of every description. At this time Ireland supplies the best heavy weight hunters to foreigners and English gentlemen. They are b ro u g h t up at two-years an d th ree-years old by clever agents, prices. At th e l ast N ational St eep l ec h ase i n E ngland five always on the look out ready to give la rge out of the first seven horses were Irish. An Irish hunter carries the highest price in every market. Good old horses are therefore scarce in Ireland ; French or English money will buy them. Truo that of late years the Irish turf has not produced brilliant racers like Birdcatclaer, Harkaway, The Baron, Faugh a Ballagh ; the two last, owing to a wise Government, are improving the breed in France. Last year Union Jack and Blarney, the two best two. year olds, hailed from tho sister island. The fact is they convert their best horses into specie, and then complain of the deterioration of stock. In 1863 the British Government ' gave to the United Kingdom the magnificent donation of £3,465 for Queen's Plates, and in return levied a contri bution of £7,126 7s. by a tax on running horses, the na tional encouragement being £3,661 7s. to the bad. The Irish Government gives .£1,631 per annum, and as Ireland is always the favoured country, the racehorse -tax is un known. They take a very different view of this subject in France. It is not possible to improve the conditions of the Queen's Plates as they have been laid down by the Master of the Horse, excepting by trebling the amount of money to make it in accordance with the value originally given by the country. If the House of Commons voted £lO,OOO for 40 Royal Plates, we could increase the weights, and augment the distance of the course; not that such additional onus l would contribute to improve the breed, because everything roan can do in the shape of expense to produce the best animal is already effected. It is not to be supposed that a sane person will risk a horse worth £3,000 to run four miles under heavy weight for a miserable prize of £100; such a donation may be a premium for hunting hacks, but not for the original intention of encouraging first class racehorses. Irish Queen's Plates, for the honour of the old country, must be open to the world. No man would send a horse worth £6OO across the water for such paltry prizes. The predilection for heavy weights and long courses, under the impression that by this system you would add to the vigour of the stallion or to the superior fecundity of the mare, is to me a mystery. A racehorse which can run three miles is worth three thousand pounds--.a half -mile horse's value is one hundred, which is a sufficient bribe to exercise our ingenuity to produce stout runners. The idea that handicaps are injurious to racing is owing to a want of common sense. How can handicaps deteriorate the breed of horses ? Racing is a game of weights, which will equalize the speed of the hare to the tortoise; no person takes an interest in seeing a good horse gallop away from a notorious jade, but a certain difference of weight converts the result into a problem often difficult to solve. All games are handicapped when there is an acknowledged superio rity. Chess, billiards, pigeon shooting, pedestrianism —it neither injures the players, the shooting, or the speed of the man. from the famous Itedan, and whose love of adventure led him to seek the wide field which the Queensland moss' trooper's life presents. In ridding the continent of this formidable bandit he has conferred a benefit on society which there ,is no doubt will be recognised everywhere throughout the land. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Handicapping may be an inducement to fraud and an en. couragement to gamble, but it is incorporated into the racing system, it keeps numerous horses in training, giving wages and employment to thousands, amusements to the million, and augments the value of horses to the benefit of the breeders. The destruction of horses is owing to early training, a system based on commercial calculation; "wanted quick returns to pay an ugly training bill." What we require is a National Prize of £5,000, to bo ran for by four-year -olds and upwards, three miles; which might Induce horse-owners to show more mercy to the young horses ; but no interference or restrictions, which are as injurious to the turf as they are to trade and commerce._ Yours, &c., H. J. Rous. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS —June 8, (Before the Assistant-Judge,) Jane Wise, 29, and Sarah Johnson, 26, were indicted for stealing 120 yards of silk, value £lB, the property of Alfred Hayman and others. Mr Abram prosecuted; Mr Holdsworth defended the prisoners, From the evidence it appeared that prosecutor keeps a linendraper's shop in Sloane-street, and on the afternoon of the 25th May the prisoners entered the shop and asked to look at some sarcenet. They were asked to walk up the shop near a recess in which the silk goods were kept. One of the prisoners took a chair and placed it near to where the silk was, but a shopman removed it further away lower down the shop. The ehopman went down the shop, when Wise took advantage of his absence to put her chair back again. They purchased some articles that came to 4s 9d, and then asked to look at some ruche trimming, When the shopman was gone to get the trimming another shop rnan, whose suspicions were excited, watched them, and distinctly taw Johnson rise from her seat, take up five pieces of silk and pat them under her cloak. They were then about leaving the shop, but near the door they stopped to look at some parasols, when the rolls of silk fell from Johnson's dress, and Wise tried to kick them away with her foot. A policeman was sent far, and the prisoners were given into custody. Mr Holdsworth said he could not struggle against this evidence, and The jury found both prisoners guilty, The prisoner Johnson was then further indicted for having been previously convicted of felony, which she protested was false, as at the time she was in her confinement. Mrs Howe, warder at the Westminster House of Correc tion, said she knew that both prisoners had been in that prison, and more than once, and she asked that they might be remanded to allow her to make inquiries. Matilda Taw, 48, and Matilda Taw, 14, mother and daughter, were indicted for stealing a frock and a pair of boots, the property of Richard John Aubrey, from the per son of Ellen Aubrey, and a jacket, the property of Richard John Aubrey, from the person of an infant child. It appeared from the evidence that Mr Aubrey was a chemiet, carrying on business in High-street, Poplar, and on the 18th May, two of his children, a boy and girl, one six and the other four years of age, were sent to school, but be tween ono and two o'clock they were brought home by a gentleman, a woman, and a boy, who were strangers to him, the girl being without her frock and boots, and the boy without his seal-skin jacket, which they had on when they were sent to school. He gave information to the police, and afterwards on going to a toy shop, kept by a Mrs. Gallmay, he saw a little girl wearing his child's frock and boots. It further was proved that a Mrs Soagar, of Oriental-street, purchased the frock and boots of the elder prisoner, who said, as she had no little children of her own, they were then of no use to her, The robbery was traced to the pri soners in this way :—lt appeared that John Biggs, of Frederick's-terrac e , St. Leonard's-row, was passing along Limehouse-cut, and saw the children sitting on a bank cry ing. The little girl showed him her feet, and she had no boots on them, nor had she any frock; and the little boy was without his coat. He assisted a lady in taking the children home to Mr Aubrey's, and these articles were proved by Police -constable James Posford, 260 K, to have been sold by both mother and daughter to Mrs Seeger, the latter prisoner stating that they were given by a captain's lady to a Mrs Penton, who had given them to her. She said that Mrs Penton was an actress, and was engaged at the music halls in the neighbourhood, but after a diligent inquiry no such person as Mrs Penton could be found. Inspector Be re, of the K division, said the younger pri soner told him that Mrs Penton's husband sang at the Poplar Music Hall and the Effingham Theatre, but this turned out to be false. The jury found the prisoners Guilty. The little girl was then lifted up to the bench, and she pointed out the younger prisoner as the person who had taken off her Crock and the boots Lone her feet. Inspector Beare said there wore numerous complaints of a similar nature made at the station house of the robberies of children, but since the prisoners had been in oustody there had not been one. The Assistant-Judge sentenced the elder prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for I'4 months, and the younger to be imprisoned for two months, and then to be sent to a reformatory for three years. The Australian Dick Turpinl rho last mall &Met AesSieSta brin lligence of the capture of th e t t l gs int e ehritted bushranger, Fran c i s Gardiner, whoseour Dick carter so much__ resembles th e d eacriptions of that of _ r" aurpins and Paul Cliffords that in sketching _.llll history we "emu to repeat theft. well known feats of 100 years ago. He is said to have left this country at its expense, and for weighty reasons) some years since, and shortly aftet freeing himself from control took to the bush, since which time he has been the terror of r the traveller and the squatter. Like Dick Turpin, he had an eye for a good horse, and so sundry settlers found out to their cost. Though possessed of a large stock of the fortiter fi t rc, he was by no means deficient in the suatiter in mode, as will appear from the following anecdote, which is doubtless not With out f oundation in fact :—Just after Pottle of his most daring exploits, and when his foes were most on the alert, a certain Government functionary gave a musical soiree, at which a stranger of prepossessing appearance and manners made hitnecif partieularle , agree able. Being asked to sing, he gave " Sweet Spirit, hear my prayer," with much taste and feelin brazen ug. The p a tt y h av i ng p, all, ae it Was supposed, retired for the night. Next morning, however, a most unpleasant denouement took place. A considerable quantity of plate and valuables had disappeared, and an early post brought a polite note, signed "Francis Gardiner," apologising for having caused setae inconvenience to his host, and inquiring tenderly after the health of the ladies. Being once surprised and eaptftred he effected his escape from his escort, shooting one of them through the cheek with his revolver. On that occasion he received two sabre cuts, which are said to have proved his identity in the case of his present capture. Having baffled all the efforts of the police and others influenced by the large reward offered, viz., £lOOO, ho at last succumbs to a cleverly concerted scheme, executed with as much spirit as sticcess. The following particulars are given of the capture :—lt ap pears that a party of five native mounted police, in charge of Lieut. H. J. Browne, on the march to headquarters from the M'Kenrie district, stopped for the night at an interme diate station. Before retiring a message was received by the officer that a person wished to see him, who turned out to be a detective. From him the lieutenant learned that Gar diner was living in the immediate neighbourhood with a woman who had eloped from her husband at Sydney a year before. As it was said there were others of the gang with Gardiner, the detectives, three in number, feared to attempt the capture, and claimed the assistance of the lieutenant and his troopers. This was granted, and a plan was kneed by him that the detectives who were disguised as gclthdiggers, should arrive at Gardiner's store or humpy at a certain time next morning, at which time and place the troopers were to meet him. Accordingly, they arrived ut the sceneof action, the troopers singing in chorus, a plan adopted by their officer to disarm suspicion. They found Gardiner in front of his store, with four of his associates; the detectives advanced, and the leader accosted Gardiner, asking a trivial question. At a signal from Lieut. Browne, Gardiner was seized by the detectives, while the troopers, suddenly dismounting, covered the bystanders with their carbines. Lieut. Browne then calling on all present to surrender as prisoners on pain of instant death, handcuffs were produced, and all were secured before the first shock of surprise was over. Upon searching the premises several articles of jewellery and £2OO in money sveee found, and the stables contained several hordes; one of thole, a remarkably handsome animal, has been identified as the property of a Southern proprietor, from whom it was stolen some months since. After a severe march of 100 miles through the bush, under hea vy rains, the prisoner was safely lodged in Rockhampton Gaol, and, being brought before the local magistrates, was fully committed for trial. It adds somewhat to this notorious freebooter's romantic history that he should have owed his capture to a ci.devant Light Division Crimean officer, Wilo Was hotly engaged, and came out, not undistinguished, TIMES.—The rejection of Lord Houghton's amendment on the 4th clause of the Penal Servi tude Bill was a triumph of Doctrinaire legislation. The effect of this clause, as it now stands, is to make it necessary for a ticket-of -leave man to report himself once a month at a police-office, in its ori ginal form the bill required the convict to produce his licence on the demand of a magistrate or con stable, but made no provision for organised surveil lance. This did not satisfy the supporters of the Irish system pur et simple, and the precaution in question has been superadded to it. No licence holder is to change his residence without communi cation with the police, and if he fails to put in an appearance monthly he is guilty of a misdemeanour. To doubt that the enforcement of such a condition will interfere with his gaining an honest livelihood would be absurd. It is hot, as Lard Carnarvon seems to suppose ) that the police might in some instances warn employers against engaging a gaol bird, but that periodical visits to the police office would make him a marked man. It is one thing to have been in trouble no one knows how long ago, and another to be stamped as a criminal fresh from prison and still under degrading restraint. Whe ther this is felt to be a disgrace in the country dis tricts of Ireland is another question ; in England, at all events, it is fatal to character and self-respect. Now the recovery of character and self-respect is not only the greatest blessing to which a reformed offender can aspire, but it is also the best of all safeguards against his relapse. The interests of society are therefore so far engaged on the same side as those of the well-disposed convict, and we have to consider whether the necessity of pro tecting ourselves against the incorrigible is such as to justify the sacrifice of the well disposed. Had this issue been raised in the House of Lords, the weakness of Lord Car narvon's position would have become manifest. That position rests upon one ground, and one only, the alleged success of police supervision in Ireland. Lord Cranworth meets this argument with an emphatic denial of the fact:—" In Ireland, to which so much allusion had been made, the police had never been employed to supervise released pri soners ; and when the Commissioners recommended, not without hesitation, that it might be expedient to try the Irish system in England, they did not mean that there should be what had been absurdly ealled police supervision, which would give no seeu rity at al! ; but that the work ought to be done through the agency of an office connected with the convict establishment and employing proper officials for the purpose. It was of the very essence of supervision that it should be unconnected with the police." Candour compels us to own that we can. not reconcile this statement with the repeated ex planations of the Irish plan furnished by Sir Walter Crofton, who not only describes the duty of supervision as performed by the Irish constabulary, but combats the objections to its being performed by the English police force. At the same time, it is perfectly true that Sir Walter himself regards each part of his system as dependent for its success on the rest, and dwells with peculiar earnestness on the previous training of the convict in intermediate prisons, as well as on the enlistment of public opinion in his favour. What is mare material, how ever, is that the efficiency of supervision is found in Ireland to be in inverse proportion to the density of population. In Dublin it can hardly be said to be in operation at all, and that for the best of all rea sons, that nothing short of active and vexatious espionage would be of any use in a largo town. It is here that the theory breaks down. When it comes to be applied practically, it is found that mere regis tration is no security for good conduct. The real secu rity is the knowledge on the part of the convict that the police have their oye upon him, a consciousness which might equally bo brought home to him, whe ther he is registered or not, but which nothing short of espionage could render an effective check in either case. '[here is much truth in Lord Lichfield's re. mark that an accomplished villain about to commit a crime would take care to report himself before hand "to keep up appearances." Considering how greatly the weight of authority in the House of Lords preponderated in favour of this view, we are somewhat at a loss to account for the result of the division. A more decided innovation than that in troduced into our police system was never carried by a majority of Conservative noblemen. Hitherto the detection of crime and the arrest of offenders have been the only duties of a policeman; hence forth, the prevention of crime by precautionary measures will become part of his office. Lord Car narvoe entirely mistook the nature of Lord Hough ton's reasoning when ho scouted the idea of a ticket of-leave man having rights of independence. No one would think of maintaining that a man who is liberated before the expiration of his sentence can plead the liberty of the subject against police inter ference, The danger is that the police force itself may be demoralized by its new functions, and that some of us who have never had tickets of leave, and are never likely to want them, may be harrassed by practices which we associate with the policy of foreign despotisme. This experiment, too, is to be made with the hope of realizing objects which are much better promoted by voluntary agency. We give full credit to Lord Carnarvon and his friends for sincere though factious benevolence, and strongly suspect that a philanthropic fallacy dictated the vote of Tuesday night. This fallacy consists in attribut ing to police supervision the good effects which are really due to the kind and judicious superintendence of individuals, In Ireland it is admitted that the efforts of one such person have been the mainstay of the whole system. Our own experience of refornsas tories tells the same tale, Iron rules of discipline and routine are of little avail without the word in season, the gradual training in habits of order and regularity, the nameless and numberless influences of personal sympathy. The discharged prisoner is a moral convalescent, and requires constant care and skllfisl tfeatteent td save him from a return of his malady. Christian charity May undertake this task, but the State cannot. As legiblators, we can but provide religious instruction and every other means of reformation for the inmates of our prisons. When they are set at liberty the best we can do is to let them mingle with the crowd and retrieve themselves by their own industry, and it is because it tends to defeat this end that the 4th clause of the Penal Servitude Bill appears to us so mischievous. HERALD.—The question which the Danes are going into ( lonferenee to discuss on to-day is a momentous one for them, and through them for the principles they represent in Eerope. In form, perhaps, it is a small one. It is, whether they shall cede the strip of land, some forty or fifty miles broad at the outside, which lies between the frontier which England has proposed and the frontier which the Germans demand, But it is only in form that the issue is trivial. No advocate less unscrupulous than the leading Ministerial journal would venture so far to defy the well-known facts of history as to maintain that the importance of a territorial dispute bears any close or necessary relation to the acreage of the disputed land. Mantua doca not cover a very large space of ground, yet, after two sanguinary and crushing defeats, the Emperor of Austria was prepared to stake again the fortunes of his empire in a renewal of the conflict with the victorious armies of France, rather than give it up. Calais was no enormous territory—yet we fought hard to retain Gibraltar can show no very imposing acerage; but as long as England can find a man or a shilling, it will never !lest any flag but hers. The importance of territories for wnicb nations struggle is constantly meafoared not so much by what they are, as by what th ey protect. It is not the popula tion, or thq fertile yield of any particular spot of ground, that makes the Vossession of it in a states man's eyes an adequate recompense for the sacrifice cf war, It is its strategic character whleh gives it a political value isr beyond its area or its wealth. The strip of territory that lies between Flensburg and the line of the Schlei is trf first rate strategic importance. The frontier proposed by the English, and accented, as their ultimatum, by the lianes, is one which it might be possible to defend. Better provided with artillery, and more thoughtfully defended then it was in the last campaign, it might keep at bay for a considerable teriod any power which was not mistress of the sea. But the line which the Germans propose beyond Flensburg has no strategic value at all. It would be a frontier perfectly indefensible. It would, in tffcet, be hand ing over the Danes to be the vassals of Germany. No command that issued from the fortress of Rends burg could b 3 disobeyed by Denmark. Contumacy would be inamedieLely punished by a raid into Jut land, which the Danes would have no power to resist. Nor would Germany be satisfied with mere obedience. The recollection of one successful iniquity would beget the desire for another, and the spectacle of Denmark's utter helplessness would add peculiar fascination to the enterprise. It would be a glorious opportunity for one of those splendid displays of valour which Germany can only make against an opponent who is ten times or twenty times her inferior in strength. There can be very little doubt that if Denmark consents to accept an indefensible frontier, the respite she will gain will be very short, and that the Dane- German difficulty will soon make its appearance again in an aggravated form. The Germans never will consent to be satisfied with anything less than the, whole of that which they insolently designate Pis the " North German Peninsula." Any peace is - it° which the Danes may enter nntv that tr4il Peas, leave to their adversaries the opportunity of future aggression, will s i mp l y be a delusive respite. The demon of ambition has been awakened in the sluggish Germen mind, and it wi:l nat b 9 satiated row with a scanty meal. The nation has reached that stage in its growth which is the most d a n ger o us f or i ts neigh b ours It is in precisely the same ctate as regards the taste for foreign aggression as France 'Staff in 1791. The . democracy ha s b ecome power f u l enoug h to terrify Governments and aristocracies, and to make them do its bidding slavishly. Bat it has not learned; as the French democracy has now learned, to discern its own weaknesses, and to know the dangers into t o which it may b e d r i ven b y i ts passions. N want stimulants to keep its new craving alive' There are many competitors for its favour. There is scarcely a prince or great noble in Germany' 11 ",,y does not believe that he holds his position eu t.u s . sufferance of the many leaded tyrant and its professor leaders, or who would not give up 'nuns to appease its wrath. Already M. Bismarck ha s conjured the storm which was gathering round ilim by a dexterous appeal to its passion for conoueer His example will not lack imitators, For many years to come it w ill b e an axiom of (3 rman statee craft to divert the dangerous excitablity of the hel democratic associations, by pract i s i ng upon their new martiel tastes. Th e id ea, there f ore , ths: ,;,, Germany will s it d own satisfied with half, mouthful of Denma r k w h en the other half be invitingly bef ore h er i s a delusion which will ruinous if it is allowed to take a practical shaP e .' In any ca se th e D anes will have to defend their nationality in a future and not very t distant w ar ' The only p o i n t to which their efforts can usefully directed now i s to take p recau tions th at the war, when it comes, do not find them helpl ess , and disarm e d. If they accept an un tenable frontier now, th e y w ill certainly be overrun ; an d that is th e worst t h at can happen to them if they br ea k up the Conference now, and trust themselves again to the chances of re sistance; It must be acknowledged that th e a ttitude ,° the neutral P owers is not very e ncoura ging to them. The st range reserve of France, the gruce` i ling cowardice of England, the curious tolerance e Russia for th e p re t ens i ons of neighbours which Mali% be so dange rous t o h er commercial existence, a re : circumstances which do no t prom i se, at f i rst B ig" say hopeful issue to the resistance of the Dane`' But things ar e as b a d now as they well can be; a nd there are many groun d s f or the belief that if the war were to be renewe d t h e attitude of the neu tral Powers would be improved. In England, at least' it is not likely that pusillanimity of the Ministersiti or the influences, whatever they may be, w hie ; ,, overrule the Government, will be likely to restrain for a much longer period the impatience of English country. The previous war had brought Eug' feeling to the very verge of an explosion at the n. inotner..; when the armistice was agreed uP ch ii Probably if it had been deferred for another week the English people would have forced their Govern l e went into the fray. The sight of a renewed struggle between the same opponents so unequally tuat an .„ e r , would rouse the same sympathy to an equal in.- - sity of fury. The hatred of Germany an d the G er i ; mans is so keen among us that it requires very V ile provocation to fan the feeling into a flame. T hu constant hope that the deliverance of the P a " might be accomplished by peaceful means hitherto restrained the nation from pressingr a active measures. B ut when once the hope °I peaceful soluti on i s passed, and they begin to rea l is e s that England, a ft er a ll her promises, is to be 016 d to abandon them t o th e marauding plundere rs of Germany, we cannot believe that the English peop le will be false t o th e tra di t i ons of their policy °r t oib their country's for mer g l ory. At all events i t is Tee Conference chan ce f or t h e D anes. If they break up a, Conference (supp os i ng t h e i r ultimatum to be 1:e fused), they th row t h emselves upon the good faith and the gen erous i nst i ncts of the English peop le ' e . If they allow it t o li nger on till the session ja Prave tieally over, they a b an d on t h emselves to what rid proved t o b e th e i r bi tterest enemies—the t'1:1? vacillation and th e be lfi s h perf i dy of the Bl."1`„b Ministers. COUNTRY MARKETS. LYNN --TUESDAY. HULL—TUESDAY. of At our corn market to-day there was a moderate supp l Y,, English wheat, and farmer s held for an advance of i, o f, Is per q r . I n f oreign the demand was limited, and Plcced remain as la s t quote d . Grinding barley was more inquire ior, but v er y li tt l e offered. Peas met a slow kale, and Sib° fine hard dry beans. Linseed dull. Wheat.... Old white.... per qr. Old red ..... ~ Nor white .. . ~ New red ... • , . English malting' Grinding. Seal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish Grinding .English, old Archangel 0000° : 0000 °, 1 , 3444 341!4 : 0is I d d icil Friesland and Dutch oBl3d to ' 8 oci Swedish and Danish osl2ld to tss Od .English, old, per qr. 4os Od to 4 ta d f New pigeo n 42s Od ,0 443 0 d New tick. 4os O d to 1 " 6d Egyptian , 3 0 s s 0 0 d d t t L o , ~,: 1s 33a s 0 6 d d Foreign boilers .. Grinding Tares ....Spring. -8 Od to ;: s Od Indian C orn Linseed, feedi ng 7 s crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) £B 5 0 to £ 9 0 0 oreign! Rape cakes Bones 5 85 5 0 0 0 0 0 t ott to 5 (9) 10 0 0° Barley... Oats Beans .. ADVERTISEMENT.]- -Avoid medicines • they always ngg i r t 3 a * vate chronic compl a i n t s, but Du Barry's Delicious Il ea ' e a Restoring Revalenta Arabica F oo d , which saves fifty its cost in other remedies, invariably cures them, restorin perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy pure blood, refreshing sl ee p , f unctional regularity, and ell e n, to the mast disordered o r en f ee bl ed. We extract a few of 60,000 Cures :—Cure No. 58,216 of the Marchiones s Br6han, Paris, of a Aver compl a i n t, was ti ng away for s even years, debility, with a nervous p a lpit a ti on all over , D", 0 digestion, constant sleeplessness, the most intolerable nell' ° " d agitation, and dreadfully low spirited.—Cu re N o. 1,771. L Or Stuart de Decies, Lord Lieut. of Waterford, of many' ye ars dyspepsia.—No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribab le agog l from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough , °" . a JOstiPau P oo flatulency, spasms, sickness, an d vomiting.-31 n —Cure No. 46,270. Mr. Ja mes R o b er t s, o f Frinaley, Surrey, thirty years' diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver deranbegb t e ment, and partial de a f ness .—C ure N o. 47,121. Miss IoW Jacobs, of extreme n ervousness, i n di gest i on, ga ther—"! ss spirits, and nervous fancies.—Cure No. 54,816. The Re' rp i, T. Campbell, Fakenham, Norfolk, " of indigestion an d dity of the liver, which had resisted all medical tre at ' n 24lb• In tins, 1 lb., 2s. 9d. ; 21b., 45. 6d ; 51b., Ils. ; 121 b., 22 % ; on; 108.—Barry Du Barry and C o ., N o. 77 , It ege nt-s tree t, L° t$ Ln also Fortnum and Mason ; and all Grocers and Clle mjs every town of the United Kingdom. BEALE--On the 7th inst,, at 19, Hamilton-terrace , the Births. of W. L. Beal e , E sq., o f a son. 10 of at Torqua y, CALVERLEY.—On th e 7thinst., r ife Edmund Calverley, Esq., of a son. EtY e ' HODCISON.—On the 7th i ns t, at 1, Cleveland-terra ce, gh' park, the wife of J. Grant Hodgson, Esq., o f 3 cl 5 ter. rde g TVILNBULL—On the 4th inst., a t 38, C rave n Bill; q of Hyde-park, the wife o f G eorge T urn b u ll, Eel', ' a daughter. Marriages. C. CADMAN—Elmixs.—On the 7th inst at K oBll3°7l2' e S. Cadman, of Burlington-arc a d e and' Carlisle - ~ cr ti, Kensington, eldest son of J o h n Cadman, Strand, to 1!)' youngest daughter of the late John Emmins, Ft1110"3.,5, GREENALL—RAPP.—On the 7th inst., at Saint J ai:11 :11, Piccadilly, Gilbert' Gretnall, Esq , M.P. Walton ti ter Warrington, Lanca s hi re, t o Susannah, eldest clang' . - of J. L. Rapp, Esq. Deaths. A 10 BAYER —On the 7th inst., at Chelmsford, Essex, an Lono of N or f o lk H ouse, 3 an d 4, L u d ga t e -hill, George 0 "'" Bi l t ? ;:A q i:F. a lr g .—On the 4th inst.,Welton, at Sophia Broaciltie.Y'' sister to the late Henry Broadley, Esq,, M.Y., ag 6d h i , t HARDY.—On the 4th inst., at Tendring Hall, 11 ' ° "" r Hardy, aged 84. I raeOf JAMIES.—At 2, Lawn-place, Brixton-road,Benjamin ud Esq., aged 70. Re- KNIGIET.—On the Bth inst., at 3, Cornwall ~,,th gent's-park, Ensign Frederick Knight, of 11. N. 8 2 's " . Regt., fifth son of Valentine Knight, Esq. , aged - 13 WymAx.—On the sth inst., suddenly, William lirYr ati Esq., 14, Clarendon-square, Leamington. —.......-!'---"" -------- _ London: Pritized and Prtnished by WILLIAM ANDIO: of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tun SUN Office No. 112 : Strand, An the Precinct of the avoy, n the COU2 I ~_ _ 1 Ara_ MONMOUTH—TLIESDA.Y. The weather has been everything that could be desi red during the last fe w d ays , and the growing crops are looking unusually promising. The local markets have been fairly' attended, and a considerable amount of business has tc oll done in wheat, at fi rmer rates. B arley rather dull o f sale. The average quotations are as follows : Wheat, white..ss 3d to 5s 9d I 8ar1ey...... 3s 4d to 3s 10d Ditto red .0s Od to Os Od Oats .. 2s 2d to 2s Cd At to-day's market there was a fair show of wheat, which met a ready sale at about the prices of last week. Barley and beans as before. White wheat ..... 41s to 41s f Barley ..... 32s to 3511 Red.. 39s to 41s grinding Beans Small -as t t t 000 NEW CASTLE - ON-TYNE—TrEsvAY, lVheat in moderate supply this morning, with A f air trade, at the currencies of this day week. The weather in Northumberland has quite a settled appearance, w ith the wind trent the west and a warm sun . The crops are lookinki remarkably well. Averages—Wheat, 40s Bd—barley, 30s—oats, 19s 6d.